Show Notes
Welcome to Occult of Personality podcast, I’m Greg Kaminsky. Now, in episode number 226, we’re joined by Jesse Cooper Levy, AKA Kid Cooper Levy, to discuss the book he wrote about the Major Arcana of the Tarot and the Hebrew letters, entitled Black Fire. This was written while Jesse participated in on our Meditations on the Tarot study circle at chamberofreflection.com. Be forewarned, this episode goes deep into the Tarot.
Jesse is an author of fiction and non-fiction, a musician, singer, and a songwriter. You can find him on social media @singerwrongwriter. Black Fire is currently unpublished but is scheduled to be released later this year. I’ve been friends with Jesse for a few years and it was a joy to me that he wrote this book as part of our study circle.
I’m also joined in this episode by the one and only Frater O as my co-host! You may recall Frater O from his appearances on the Whence Came You podcast a few years ago where he discussed a variety of esoteric subjects. Frater O has been a close friend for many years, so I’m thrilled to have him join us here. I have no doubt that you’ll greatly appreciate his presence, as I do.
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The intro music is “Awakening” by Paul Avgerinos (http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/avgerinos-gnosis?song=3) and the outro music is “Highway 61 (Revisited)” by Kid Cooper Levy (https://youtu.be/m10HTWQIbwY?si=--gmALGqZYj6QFeX).
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